Denounced by her own father and charged with crimes against the state, Kali Titian - pilot, soldier, and engineer - is sentenced to Abbandon prison camp, where she must somehow survive among her fellow inmates the Vary, a race she has been raised to consider sub-human; a race facing genocide; a race who until recently she was routinely murdering to order.
In Abbandon she encounters Mohab, the Speaker's son, and stumbles upon two ancient energy sources which may just bring redemption to an oppressed people.
A story told from the heart, a book released to coincide with the UN's International Day of Tolerance (November 16th); Rise is a potent tale of courage against the odds and the power of hope in the face of racial intolerance.
Now is the time to act, to throw off the shackles of oppression and RISE!
"A searing portrayal of redemption and compassion in the face of prejudice and brutality. Kim Lakin-Smith is one hell of a damn fine writer." - Gareth L. Powell, author of Embers of War
"A powerful story set in a Nazi-like state of the future. There is some beautiful writing about what it feels like to be a non-person, entirely in the power of people who hate you. Lakin-Smith is also interesting on people whose humanity has been twisted and compromised by the distortions of the culture in which they live, a culture which requires them to deny the evidence of their own eyes. Yet Rise is not without hope. Humanity persists in spite of everything." - Chris Becket, Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Dark Eden
Genre: Science Fiction
In Abbandon she encounters Mohab, the Speaker's son, and stumbles upon two ancient energy sources which may just bring redemption to an oppressed people.
A story told from the heart, a book released to coincide with the UN's International Day of Tolerance (November 16th); Rise is a potent tale of courage against the odds and the power of hope in the face of racial intolerance.
Now is the time to act, to throw off the shackles of oppression and RISE!
"A searing portrayal of redemption and compassion in the face of prejudice and brutality. Kim Lakin-Smith is one hell of a damn fine writer." - Gareth L. Powell, author of Embers of War
"A powerful story set in a Nazi-like state of the future. There is some beautiful writing about what it feels like to be a non-person, entirely in the power of people who hate you. Lakin-Smith is also interesting on people whose humanity has been twisted and compromised by the distortions of the culture in which they live, a culture which requires them to deny the evidence of their own eyes. Yet Rise is not without hope. Humanity persists in spite of everything." - Chris Becket, Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Dark Eden
Genre: Science Fiction
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"A searing portrayal of redemption and compassion in the face of prejudice and brutality. Kim Lakin-Smith is one hell of a dream fine writer." - Gareth L Powell
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